Links

Sites with text rendering tools:

• School Reform Initiative
  • See the page on protocols for collaborative tools that help process texts.
• Reading Rockets- "Teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle."
  • Go to Classroom Strategies for an extensive list of strategies each with a link to detailed descriptions, samples, templates, and more. Excellent, comprehensive resource!

Sites with reflection tools:

• Neil A. Kjos Music Company
  • See the Kjos Multimedia Library for downloadable PDFs of reflection documents in the Kjos Maximizing Student Performance books.

Sites with Vocabulary resources:

• ASCD- "Mission: ASCD is a membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead."
  • See the Flash presentation on Building Academic Vocabulary

Sites with lesson plans:

• Comprehensive Musicianship Through Performance- "Teaching with Intention...Performing with Understanding." "The Comprehensive Musicianship through Performane (CMP) Project was initiated in Wisconsin in 1977 as a means of assisting teachers with the development of performance with understanding in school music programs."
  • Go to CMP Teaching Plans for complete units that include journaling, reflections, mind mapping, and many other literacy strategies.

Sites with printable resources:

• Readwritethink.org-
  • Go to Student Interactives and Printouts under Classroom Resources for a variety of literacy tools.
• Scholastic.com
  • Go to printables for graphic organizers, writing prompts, and more. This subscription service has thousands of resources and customizable options.

More sites

• Visible Thinking
  • Visible Thinking is a flexible and systematic research-based approach to integrating the development of students' thinking with content learning across subject matters.